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Last week, Walmart workers joined by community members from throughout the nation escalated its calls on Walmart to reinstate the illegally fired Walmart employees who went on a legally protected unfair labor practice strike to call on Walmart to end the illegal violation of employee’s labor rights and freedom of speech.

In Southern California, more than 100 protestors demonstrated in front of the Walmart store in Lakewood, California, while a delegation of clergy members and illegally fired Walmart workers talked to management at that store calling on them to reinstate Walmart employees who were unfairly fired for going on strike. All across the US, similar actions took place during the week including New York, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Washington DC, Sacramento, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Last month, members of the worker-led Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart) held a nationwide strike and “Ride for Respect” caravan protesting Walmart’s unfair labor practices (ULP), which took them on a bus ride to Walmart’s headquarters in Arkansas, leading up to Walmart’s June annual shareholder meeting. While in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart workers protested outside of the company’s headquarters calling for an end to its attempt to silence workers.

In response Walmart has illegally disciplined or fired more than 60 Walmart workers. Workers refuse to be silenced and continue to call for change at the world’s largest private employer.

17 Comments

floridanativee

July 29, 2013

When a small number or Wal-Mart workers stand out in front of their place of employment and attempt to drive away customers, they can expect to be fired, The US has procedures for forming unions. Follow it. The rabble rousers who convinced these workers to do their wildcat strike are still employed by the union bosses and the poor workers are now unemployed and ineligible for unemployment insurance. This isn’t about the workers, but about the millions of dollars of dues for the union bosses that are not being collected. Follow the money.

Connie Lee

floridanativee

August 17, 2013

Stop worrying about them and start making yourself more valuable to any employer, Worrying about them just makes you bitter and makes your situation worse.

Connie Lee

August 17, 2013

Oh, I’m not worried about the Walton’s in the least. And I have no objection to any business making a profit. But when the profits are obscene and made by paying below poverty wages to the point that their employees need government assistance just to eat, that I do have a problem with. We are not talking about umemployed bums. We are talking about people who have a job and are willing to work but can’t earn enough to live on. And in the long run, it’s bad for business too. Walmart is designed to cater to low income people. But when everything they make goes for food and rent and utilities they don’t have anything left to buy walmarts made in china junk. That is why Walmarts sales are down. It’s nothing but common sense which they seem to have exchanged for greed. People with no money don’t shop.

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floridanativee

August 17, 2013

Two people working and progressing upwards at Wal-Mart can easily make nearly $45,000 in total (before the ObamaCare 29 hour week. Then all bets are off.). This can be a stepping stone to greater things. Nowhere does it say that one person working should be able to support a family of 4. It has taken 2 workers per family fo many decades and still does. If people have children they can’t support, it shouldn’t be at my expense.

Connie Lee

August 17, 2013

providing they are both full time (40hr a week). however, Walmart hires almost all as part time, 25 hours and less a week. You need to check your facts

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floridanativee

August 17, 2013

Wal-Mart like most companies will give great workers with great work ethic and great work habits a full time job in a heartbeat if they prove themselves. I do it and although I don’t know specifically about them, I know they did get so big by begin stupid about their employees.. The biggest headache for business folks is getting and keeping good employees. The duds come and go.

Connie Lee

August 17, 2013

you sound more and more like a paid walmart troll everytime you open your mouth…

floridanativee

August 18, 2013

Actually I type with my mouth closed. I will admit I do move my lips sometimes.

Connie Lee

August 17, 2013

Walmart has long ago stopped hiring full time employees for anything but management…instead what they do is hire full time and then when they need extra help for something give the part timers a few more hours ….in certain positions where skilled workers are needed, they still hire part time, work them full time hours for a few weeks, cut them a week and then back to full time hours again, but those positions are limited. ..that way they can avoid benefits. Don’t try to tell people who have been there done that what Walmart does, you just make yourself sound foolish and you convince no one…anyone who has dealt with walmart knows better

floridanativee

August 18, 2013

You know all of this from your short stint there.Amazing. I do know that employers are crying for good workers and will do much to keep them. I do.

Connie Lee

August 18, 2013

I suppose you could call five years a short stint.

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floridanativee

August 18, 2013

You worked 5 years part time and never got a promotion or a full time offer. I would take a serious look at what you were doing wrong.

Connie Lee

August 18, 2013

No, I worked 5 years full time, and I didn’t want a promotion. If you had actually bothered to read what I wrote you would have seen that I said I didn’t want the aggravation of management, if I had I wouldn’t have sold my business. I wanted to leave all the headaches of being boss to someone else..and you would also have noticed that Walmart only hires part time these days. I started there the last year they were hiring full time employees. Only management is full time unless you were grandfatherd in. And the only way a person goes to full time is if they move up to management. Oh, by the way, the top yearly raise for a walmart worker is fifty cents an hour. One or two people in the store will get that on occasion just so no one can say no one does, the average is a quarter an hour, and a few get a whopping dime.

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floridanativee

August 18, 2013

SO Wal-Mart fitted your needs perfectly. You wanted to stay on the bottom and must have liked it to stay 5 years. I never have hard and fast rules about raises. People should be paid on merit. If somebody is happy in a certain job and continues to produce the same, their pay should not go up any more than inflation. You have to produce more to be paid more. Promotions or extra responsibility is the way to achieve this. If you are a stock filler and keep on doing the same job at the same efficiency year after yea, you don’t deserve more money, If you come up with a better way to do it or become more efficient, then you should get more, It is up to the individual to do what is necessary to improve their worth to a company. Just being there doesn’t do it no matter what the union will tell you.

Tom P Noonan

July 30, 2013

Union yes for all Wal-mart Workers and for all Sam’s Club Workers by make Wal-mart gives all Wal-mart Workers a Living Wage With Affordable Healthcare right of away and right now please without class down all the Wal-mart and without close down all the Sam’s Wholesale Club.

tompnoonan1961

July 30, 2013

It is time for Walmart join the United Food and Commercial Workers Union for
all Walmart Cashier Workers and for all Walmart Produce Workers and for all
Walmart Deli Department Workers and for all Walmart Bakery Department Workers
and for all Walmart Clothing Department Workers and for all Walmart Pharmacy Workers.
It is time for Walmart join the Teamster Union for all Walmart Truck Drivers
Workers and all Sam’s Club Truck Driver Workers and for all Sam’s Club Forklift
Driver@Stock Person Workers and for all Walmart Stock Person Workers and for
all Walmart Gardening Department Workers and for all Walmart Hardware
Department Workers and for all Walmart Customer Services Desk Workers and for
all Courtesy Association Workers and for all Maintenance Workers and for all
Sam’s Club Meat Cutter@Meat Wrapper Workers and for all Sam’s Club Cashier
Workers and for all Sam’s Club Produce Workers and for all Sam’s Club Sam Café
Workers and for all Sam’s Club Bakery Department Workers and for all Sam’s
Membership Desk Workers and for all Sam’s Club Cart Attendance Workers for all
Sam’s Club Maintenance Workers and for all Sam’s Club Pharmacy Workers. It is
time for Walmart join Communication of America Workers for all Walmart
Electronic Workers and all Sam Club Electronic Workers. It is time for Walmart
join the United Auto Workers Union for all Walmart Tire@Lube Express Workers
and for all Sam’s Club Tire@Car Battery Installment Workers right of away and
right now please by make Walmart give all Walmart Workers a Living Wage With
Affordable Health Care and all Sam’s Club Workers a Living Wage with Affordable
Healthcare right of away and right now please without close down all the
Walmart Store and without close down all the Sam’s Wholesale Club.

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